Thursday, January 10

Havin' A Ball.

Last weekend, I received an e-mail from the Senior Art Director over at Struck, a company that produces ads and content for various companies and agencies around the globe. Their most recent work was for the Sean Kimerling Testicular Cancer Foundation, encouraging men of all ages to self-check themselves for the early signs of cancer.

Listen. Cancer doesn't care how old you are, and finding a way to reach out to the YouTube Generation with this important message is easier said than done. That being said, I think they pulled it off with the perfect amount of charm, wackiness and head-shaking hilarity. Struck Creative saw the CDP as a good outlet to spread the message, and there was no way I was going to turn them down.

So, check 'em. Once every month, to avoid a potential life-threatening emergency down the road.

I saw the date of this post and got so confused before I realized that you might be in a different time zone than me. Sometimes I forget that the South East does not exist in a vacuum and it's already tomorrow somewhere else.

A hockey themed ad for male self-examination. Amazingly full of funny and win. Top that Susan G. Komen Foundation!

MAUS - I sometimes cheat and put the next day's post up before I go to bed the night before. If you're up at the right time, you'll get sucked into the CDP's Wayback Vaccuum and see tomorrow's post....TODAY!

BENJAMIN - Check 'em, so you don't get the Cancer.

CAVEMAN - They did a good job creating something that would attract the YouTube crowd, and raise awareness at the same time. Win all around.

I am way, way, way, way ahead of you on this. One question though. You say to check them once a month, right? So once a day is 30x better, right? To be safe? Check! I'm checking them right now. Oh, hi boss. Gottago

Thanks again to the CDP for posting this! Glad people are liking the work, it's a good cause...keeping both of your buddies. Pass the work along to your friends. And don't forget to check out more videos at www.carpetestes.org!

When I was 11, me and my mate were messing around in my garden. He rugby tackled me to the floor, then thinking it would be funny, stood up and planted one foot squarly on my dudes. I haven't met up with him outside of school since.

So now whenever I read something about genitals, it makes me go into an automatic fetal position. Sometimes I just wish I was girl. It would make thing much easier.

CARROT - Good Lord. There are very few things on this earth that are less appealing than ball pain. It's very specific, and it doesn't hurt as much as it just makes you want to die. Instant depression.

I must say that ball pain is a small price to pay for being a guy. Considering all the things that women have to endure on an almost weekly basis, I'll gladly stick to what I've got.

WILL - Agreed, but we're only referring to the medical definition of inspection. Anything else is extra credit.